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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Bharata leaves Kekaya. The messengers conceal the crisis, his grandfather and uncle provide gifts and an escort, Bharata departs with Śatrughna

In the sequence: the messengers tell him that those he asks about are well, withholding the death and exile as instructed → he takes leave of his grandfather, explaining that he must go at once

2.64.12

evam uktvā tu tān dūtān bharataḥ pārthivātmajaḥ
dūtaiḥ saṃcodito vākyaṃ mātāmaham uvāca ha

Having so spoken to the messengers, Bharata the prince, urged on by them, addressed these words to his maternal grandfather.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; tu — and; tān — those; dūtān — messengers; bharataḥ — Bharata; pārthivātmajaḥ — the prince, king's son; dūtaiḥ — by the messengers; saṃcodito — urged on; vākyaṃ — word; mātāmaham — maternal grandfather; uvāca — said; ha — indeed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.